Hardware display card with selflocking fastener



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United States Patent O HARDWARE DISPLAY CARD WITH SELF- LOCKING FASTENER Rome C. Seyforth, Shelby, Ohio, assignor to The Shelby lvllettlli Products Company, Shelby, Ohio, a corporation o O o Application May 23, 1957, Serial No. 661,243

2 (Cl. 20G- 80) The present invention relates generally as indicated to a hardware display card with a self-locking fastener.

I-Iitherto, cabinet pulls, for example, with mounting screws therefor, have been packaged loosely in transparent packages comprising a cardboard tray slipped into a transparent sleeve, or a transparent box having a flanged cardboard bottom cemented or otherwise secured to the box, or a flanged transparent blister closed by a cardboard backing. These packages are objectionable in that the customer cannot feel 'the finishl of the hardware and, moreover, these packages are quite expensive in 'relation to the cost of the hardware and screws contained therewithin.

Still another disadvantage is that in the first two mentioned types of packages the hardware and screws are apt to be lost due to handling by the customer, or to rough handling in transit.

It has also been proposed to mount such cabinet I vpulls on cards which are folded to form a tube of generally trapezoidal or rectangular cross-section through which the pull mounting screws extend for threaded engagement with the threaded holes of the pull. A disadvantage of this mode of packing of pulls is that the height of the package is excessive, since the tubular card is of height corresponding to that of the cabinet door or drawer front to enable screwing in of the mounting screws into the pull. In addition, labor cost on this type`of package is quite high owing to the time required to turn each screw into the pull.

Still another expedient is to place the pull against the face of allat card and then screwing the mounting screws intothe pull using cardboard spacer sleeves or the like positioned between the heads of the screws and the rear side of the card. Again, such package is-cxpensive in labor cost and, additionally, the package is excessive in height as before mentioned.

Cabinet knobs have been similarly mounted on cards folded to tubular form through which the mounting screw extends for threading into the stem of the knob, thereby rendering the package about twice as tall as the knob itself.

With the foregoing in mind, it is a principal object of this invention to provide a hardware display in which the article of hardware, such as a cabinet pull or cabinet knob, is held on a card `by means of a self-locking fastener which -requires only the pushing of the article of hardware against the face of the card, thereby rendering the assembly operation inexpensive insofar as labor cost is concerned.

It is another object of this invention to provide a hardware display package which is compact, which exposes the hardware for feeling the finish thereof, and which exposes the mounting screw or screws to view, -but yet firmlyr holds both the hardware and screws against loss due to rough handling in transitor on the counter.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent as the following description proceeds.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, the invention, then, comprises the features hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims, the following description and the annexed drawings setting forth in detail certain illustrative embodiments of the invention, these being indicative, however, of a few of the various ways in which the principle of the invention may be employed.

In said annexed drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view showing a cabinet pull mounted on a card together with mounting screws therefor which are contained in a transparent plastic pouch;

Fig. 2 is a cross-section view taken substantially along the line 2 2, Fig. l, showing the self-locking fastener that holds the pull on the face of the card and holds the rear flap of the card against the front llap thereby closing the rear open side of the plastic screw-containing pouch; s

Fig. 3 is a cross-section view taken substantially along the line 3 3, Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of another display package in which a cabinet knob is held on the face of a card by means of a self-locking fastener, said fastener again serving to retain the rear ap of the card in a position closing the screw-containing transparent pouch; and

Fig. 5 is a cross-section view taken substantially along the line 5 5, Fig. 4.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings and first to the form of the invention illustrated in Figs. l to 3, there is shown thereinl a card l which is folded upon itself to provide a front flap 2 and a back flap 3, said flaps being formed with registering openings 4 and 5 therethrough. Said front flap 2 is formed, adjacent the fold line 6, with a s lot 7 therethrough. In this case, the slot 7 is disposed between and in alignment with the registering openings 4 and 5. i

Extending through such slot 7 is the transparent plastic pouch 8 which contains the mounting screws 9 for the article of hardware (a cabinet pull P) which is mounted on the card 1`, the flange 10 of said pouch 8 being disposed between the iuxtapositioned front and back flaps '2 and 3, whereby the back liap 3 serves to close the pouch 8 against loss of the mounting screws 9.

The article of hardware herein is a cabinet pull P which is adapted to be used as on kitchen cabinet doors Vor on kitchen drawer fronts. The pull P herein shown screws 9. Secured to said base part is the cover part 15 which usually is chrome plated or otherwise decoratively finished, said cover 15 being curled over the base part 11 in well-known manner to conceal the base part from view whereby the pull P when attached to a door or drawer resembles that made from solid diecast, plated, and polished metal. Whether the pull P is of such twopiece construction, or of one-piece construction, the threaded holes 14 therein are spaced apart the same distance as the registering holes 4 and 5 in the front and back flaps 2 and 3 of the card l.

For, ease of attaching the pull P to the card l there is herein provided a unique self-locking fastener 16 which has upstanding prongs 17 which are obliquely rebent to form yieldable barbs 18 extending through the registering openings 4 and 5 in the front and back flaps 2 and 3 of the card l. Accordingly, when the cabinet pull P is pressed against the face of the front flap 2, the prongs 17 enter the threaded holes 14 and the yieldable barbs 18 spring out to render extraction quite difficult. The fastener 16 need not be made of spring metal, but ordinary flat steel wire of about .015 to .020" thickness and about 976,2" width has been found suitable. Although the yieldable barbs 18 herein spring out against a shoulder or ledge behind the threaded holes 14 of the article of hardware P, it is to be understood that the barbs 18 will similarly catch in the threads of an article of hardware which does not include such shoulder or ledge. In other words, the barbs 18 easily and yieldably click along the threads as the hardware is pushed against the face of the card 1, but withdrawal in the opposite direction is much more diicult owing to the nearly normal abutting disposition of the ends of said barbs 18.

The hardware display package shown in Figs. 1 to 3,

.is thus inexpensive to make and assemble and the fastener 16 is concealed while it serves 'to Anot only securely mount the hardware P on the card 1, but also serves to hold the front and back aps 2 and 3 of the card 1 together so that there is no possibility of loss of the mounting screws 9 from within the transparent pouch 8.

In addition, in the case of the cabinet pull P, the pouch 8 is protected from damage since it is bridged by the middle portion of the pull.

When the customer desires to use the hardware P it will be found desirable to grasp the fastener 16, as with a pair of pliers, and by applying a strong pull the -barbed prongs are pulled out of the threaded holes 14. The back ap 3 is then free for unfolding for removing the mounting screws 9 from the pouch 8.

The hardware display shown in Figs. 4 and 5 is similar to that just described except that in this casethe article of hardware is a cabinet knob K which requires only a single mounting screw 20 and a single pronged fastener 21 which is formed with a yieldable -barb 22 similar to barb 18 on the fastener 16 shown in Figs. 1 to 3 except provided with an inwardly bent end 23 to facilitate removal. v

The card 24 shown in Figs. 4 and 5 is folded upon itself to provide the front and back flaps 25 and 26 formed with registering openings 27 through which the barbed prong 22 of the fastener extends. 2l is bent to form a T-shaped head 28 that overlies the rear face of the back ap 26 and again, as in Figs. 1 to 3, all that it is necessary to do to assemble the display of Figs. 4 and 5, is to push the cabinet knob K against the face of the front ap 25, whereupon the prong 22 enters the threaded hole 29 of the knob K easily, but the yieldable barb thereof renders withdrawal quite diflicult except with pliers or the like.

The front ap 25 is provided with a slot 30 therethrough through which the transparent plastic pouch 31 extends and the ange 32 of said pouch is disposed between said front and back flaps 25 and 26, the latter serving to close said pouch to prevent loss of the mounting screw 20 therein. I

When the fastener 16 shown in Figs. 1-3 is pulled out, the barbs 18 have room to slide out along the feet 12 of the base 11. However, in the case of the knob K shown in Figs. 4 and 5 there is no such room for unbending of the prong of the fastener 21, and, accordingly, I have provided an inwardly bent portion 23 which serves to cam the barb 22 inwardly when the fastener 21 is pulled away from the card 24 and out of said knob K. The angle ofthe end 23 is steeper than the angle of the barb 22 so as to render assembly easi r than disassembly.

Other modes of applying the principle of the invention may be employed, change being made as regards the details described, provided the features stated in any of the following claims, or the equivalent of such, be

employed.

The fastener I therefore particularly' point out and distinctly claim as my invention:

1. A display for hardware of the type having a blind threaded opening comprising a card folded upon itself to provide juxtaposed front and back aps formed with registering openings therethrough, said front flap additionally beingl formed with a slot therethrough, a transparent pouch extending through such slot .and formed with a flange disposed between said aps, a wire fastener extending through said registering openings of said flaps formed with a portion overlying said back flap and with a yieldable barb projecting directly through said card and transversely of said front flap, the blind threaded opening of said hardware being pushed over said barb and held thereby against said front flap, and

' a hardware mounting screw in said pouch, said fastener portion and said hardware serving to hold said flaps together to retainv said mounting screw in said pouch, said barb being deformed by forceful pulling of said hardware away from the card fory removal of said hardware and for unfolding of said`card to provide access to said mounting screw.

2. A display for a drawer pull of the type having blind threaded openings adjacent the ends thereof comprising a card folded upon itself to provide juxtaposed` front and back tiaps formed with registering openings therethrough spaced apart a distance corresponding approximately with the distance between the threaded openings of the pull, said front flap additionally being formed with a slot therethrough disposed between the openings through said front ap, a transparent pouch extending through such slot and formed withv a ange disposed between said flaps, a wire fastener extendingy through said registering openings of said tiaps formed with a portion overlying said back flap and with yieldable barbs projecting'directly through the respective registering openings of said card and transversely of said front ap, the blind threaded openings of said pull being pushed over` said barbs and held thereby against said front lap, and pull-mounting screws in said pouch, said fastener portion and said pull serving to hold said flaps together to retain said mounting screws in'said pouch, said barbs being deformed by forceful pulling of said pull away from said card for removal of said pull and for unfolding of said card to provide access to said mounting screws.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,248,030 Steele Nov. 27, 1917 1,959,665 Gallinger May 22, 1934 1,959,923 Middleton May 22, 1934 2,472,028 Son May 31, 1949 2,568,625 Harvey Sept. 18, 1951 FOREIGN' PATENTS 128,611 Switzerland Nov. l, 1928 

